Trustees
Type
Hours
Hours per week
Region
Trustees
Are you passionate about the power of the voluntary sector to change the lives of those impacted by the criminal justice system?
Do you want to use your skills and experience to help shape the future of Clinks?
Clinks are delighted to be recruiting committed individuals to join our Board of Trustees. As a Clinks Trustee, you will be a part of a dedicated team guiding Clinks’ strategy, governance and impact at a time when our work is needed now more than ever. Our Trustees work with our Chair and our Senior Leadership Team to ensure that we adhere to all the necessary governance and legal liabilities, and to support the charity to achieve the highest level of support to voluntary organisations who work across the criminal justice system.
To ensure we have a range of experiences, perspectives, and skills within our Board, we are particularly interested in hearing from people with knowledge of or representative of Arts organisations, and/or of Welsh organisations operating within criminal justice. We are open to Trustees with a wide set of skills and experience; we are interested in hearing from people with experience and knowledge of digital, fundraising, business development and acumen, HR and employment law, and exposure to infrastructure support.
Person Specification
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Commitment to anti-racism
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Strategic vision
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Good, independent judgement
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Ability to think creatively
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Willingness to speak their mind
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Understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship
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Ability to work effectively as a member of a team
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Leadership skills
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Experience of committee work
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Tact and diplomacy
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Impartiality, fairness and the ability to respect confidences
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Adhere to our Trustee Code of Conduct.
Additional information
This is not a paid post, however out of pocket expenses will be reimbursed e.g. travel expenses.
You will be required to devote the necessary time and effort:
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4 x Board Meetings/year - 2 of which will be in-person
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4 x Subcommittee meetings/year (if applicable)
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Annual away day
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Annual conference
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Annual General Meeting (AGM)
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Occasional in-person meetings and/or Clinks events
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You will also be invited to provide ad hoc support for the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Leadership Team through emails, phone calls, and occasional in-person meetings (e.g. with funders or important stakeholders).
Click here to download our full Trustee Recruitment Pack for more information about Clinks and the role.
How to apply for the job
If you are interested in becoming a Clinks Trustee, we would love to hear from you.
Please prepare a personal statement (2 pages A4 max.), or a 5-minute video, setting out your motivations for wanting to be a Clinks Trustee, what skills, knowledge and experience you could bring to the role, and what you would like to achieve in the role. Please share your application with Isha Sidique, Business Support Officer [isha.sidique@clinks.org] by 12pm noon on Monday 3 November 2025.
Selection conversations will be held with a trustee recruitment panel in November 2025.
We would like for Trustee roles to be filled and onboarded ahead of Clinks’ Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 10 December 2025.
Equity, diversity and inclusion are at the core of Clinks’ values, and we aim to have a diverse board that is representative of the communities’ impacted by the criminal justice system. Clinks believes in the intrinsic value of lived experience and upholds the right of people with criminal convictions to take on paid and unpaid roles. If you are applying but may require a waiver from the Charity Commission due to their automatic disqualification rules, Clinks would be happy to speak to you about this process, and how we can help to support you to acquire a waiver to become a Clinks Trustee.
Clinks is committed to becoming an anti-racist organisation and we are transparent about the work needed to achieve that. We especially welcome applications from racially minoritised people and those who represent Black and racially minoritised led organisations.